Safety saw guard



' May 6, 1941.

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Patented May 6, 1941 I UNITED STATES PATENTIOFFICE SAFETY saw GUARD Harold Conine, Pine Valley, Okla. Application November '1, 1939, SerialNo. 303,266

2 Claims.

will appear before the guard is-raised and shortly before the sawing operation is begun. I

The transversely spaced parts I and 20f a saw table are secured to a supporting frame ,3, the part 2 being somewhat shorter than the part I, in, some instances, to facilitate operations incident to the working of the machine. A feed slide 4 is located between the table parts I and 2, and is tongued and grooved thereinto, for straight line sliding movement.

A buzz saw 5 works through a slot in the table part I andis secured to a rotatable arbor 6. The working part of the saw 5 is received in a guard I which is arched both longitudinally and trans-- versely. The forward end of the guard 'I is adapted to rest on the table member I, but the back end of the guard is supplied with a tubular bearing 8, receiving a shaft 9 held in a transverse latch 23. The rear edge 24 of the latch 23 is downwardly and forwardly inclined, and at the forward extremity of the edge 24, the part 23 has,

a transverse shoulder 25. The rearend ofthe latch lever I5 is adapted to cooperate with andepending and transversely extended L-shaped keeper 26 on the feed slide 4.

Atits rear end, the feed slide 4 is provided with a cross arm 21, overhanging the table part I and adapted to engage a stop 28 ori the table part I, to limit the retraction of the feed slide 4. An angle bracket is secured to the cross arm 21 and affords a finger 29, disposed parallel to the saw and spaced from'the adjacent end of the cross arm.

A slotted bracket 30 is secured by bolts 3| to the feed slide 4 and carries a roller 32, disposed above the table part I and adapted to cooperate -'with the shoulder I2 of the arm I I of the guard I.

support III on the table member I, the construction being such that the guard I can swing up and down. The-bearing 8 has an arm II, offset inwardly with respect to the guard I, the arm extending lengthwise of the table part I. Intermediate its ends, the arm II is provided with an upwardly and rearwardly inclined shoulder I2. There are upstanding guide flanges I4 on, the

.A scale 33 is inscribed on the feed slide 4 and extends lengthwise of the feed slide. An index 34 on the base of the bracket 30 is adapted to cooperate with the scale 33. l

Before the machine is put into motion, the feed slide 4 stands in a retracted position, subject to the will of an operator, but most naturally in the 4 position of.Fig'. 1, the cross arm 21 on the feed slide engaging the stop 28 on the table part I. The operator advances the feed slide 4, and the roller 32 that is carried by the feed slide passes between the guidingflanges I4 of the lever II and engages the shoulder I2 of the lever. The guard I is raised so thata board can be pushed-under its forward end, the roller 32 riding upon the arm arm II, on opposite sides of the shoulder I2. A,

ram-p block 22 is secured to the table part I, adjacent to the hinged mounting of the guard I, and has an inwardly and forwardly inclined outer'surface extended into close vicinity to the saw 5 A latch lever I5 is located under the table part I and is fulcrumed intermediate its ends, at I3,

thereon. At its forward end, the latch lever I5 pin 2I, which, cooperating with the underside of the table part I, prevents the projection II from moving upwardly too far, under some circumstances.

At its rear end, the lever I5 is provided with a II to hold the guard I elevated. That operation is-mentioned at this point simply in order that what follows may be understood. It is not the next-occurring operation in actual procedure.

What happens, prior to the elevation of the guard I is that, when the feed slide 4 moves to the right from the position of. Fig. 2 to the position of Fig. 5, the keeper 2% on the slide moves along the under edge of the latch lever I5 until the keeper engages the shoulder 25 of the latch 'portion 23 of the lever. This stops the movement of the feed slide to. the right, with the parts in the position of Fig. 5. Here note that the roller 32 which is carried by the feed slide 4, is close to, but not in engagement with the inclined shoulder I2 of the arm II. It is impossible to move the feed slide 4 further to the right and cause the roller 32, cooperating with the shoulder I2 of the arm I I, to elevate the guard 1 to the position of Fig. 3.

The board I9 (Fig.5) is laid in place, and cooperating with the projection II of the latch operators, due to contact with I cut down to a minimum.

lever l5, tilts the latch lever on its fulcrum l8 and raises the latch part 23 of the lever. until the shoulder 25 is clear of the keeper 2B. The feed slide 4 is advanced and the roller 32 then moves from the position of Fig. 5 to the position of Fig. 3, the guard 1 being raised to admit the board It to the saw 5. The board l9, under the push oi the cleat or cross arm 21 on the slide 4,

'is advanced with respect to the saw 5, and the severing operation takes place. Y It may be observed that. the space between the finger 29 and the adjacent end of the cross arm 21 on the feed slide 4 is for the reception of the periphery of the saw 5. The finger 29 advances the piece of board that has been cut oil, and the piece of board, cooperating with the inclined edge of the ramp block 22, slides laterally, clear of the machine.

When the feed slide 4 is moved back to theleit, for--instance to the position of Fig. 1, the roller .32 on the feed slide rides clear of the arm II,

and the guard I swings down on the table part I in housing relation to the otherwise exposed,', working portion of the periphery of the saw 5.

The guard I must be raised at a stage in the 125 operation whereof the width of the board is a function. Stated otherwise, the distance between the roller 32 and the shoulder 12 when the parts are in the position of Fig. 5, has to be varied according to the width of the board. That can be done by slacking away the bolts 3| and moving the bracket and associated parts lengthwise of the machine, the index' 34 on the base of the bracket cooperating with the appropriate one of the markings ofthe scale 33 on the slide 4. When the desired adjustment has been obtained,

the bolts 3| are'tightened, to hold the bracket in its adjusted position with respect to the feed The device is simple in construction but it affords a convenient means whereby injuries to the saw 5, will be The drawings show a satisfactory and opera tive form of the invention, but a mechanic who abides by what is claimed, can make alterations in the precise structure shown, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In this application, the word board is used in the interest of shnplicity and directness, but

is to be construed as meaning any sort of materlal to be sawn asunder.

What is claimed is:

1. In a wood sgwing machine, a table, a feed slide mounted to reciprocation with respect to the table, a-sawassociated with the table, a saw guard hingedly' mounted on the table, elements carried by the. guard and by the slide and engaging to swing the guard away from the saw when the slide is advanced, and a latch means comprising a part on the table and a part on the slide, said parts interengaging to stop the,

advance of the slide before the guard has been swung as aforesaid, the table-carried part of the latch means being accessible to material placed on the table, to release the latch parts and permit a further advance of the slide.

2. In a wood sawing machine, a table, a feed slide mounted for reciprocation with respect to the table, a saw associated with the table, a saw guard h-ingedly mounted on the table and provided with an arm having a shoulder intermediate its ends, a,- member carried by the slide and engageable with the shoulder to swing the guard away from the saw when the slide is advanced, latch means comprising a part on the table and a part on the slide, said parts inter 'engagingto stop the advance of the slide, before the guard has been swung as aforesaid, the tablecarried part of the-latch means being accessible. to material placed on the-table, to release the latch parts and permit a further advance of the slide, said member of the slide moving along the arm, beyond the shoulder, upon further advance of the slide, to hold the relation to the saw.

' HAROLD CONINE.

guard in inoperative 

